Wareika Trio

Who or what inspired you to pursue a career in music?

We had to produce music for a modern dance ensemble for a five-hour performance. We wanted to create music to dance to with organ and cembalo and wrote classical pieces. Getting closer to the main rehearsal, we moved the parts into digital format and this gave us such a blissful freedom, that we are still happy about the decision devoting ourselves to music and to integrate electronic freedom to our whole being. 

To live the moment in its full effect needs devotion especially in the day by day practice. We tend towards becoming a better musician, whether on the piano, guitar or Mpc- becoming more natural with it, means knowing it’s difficulties and obstacles and creating solutions according to our individual vision. 

Who or what have been the most significant influences on your musical life and career as a composer?

Thank you for asking and we are sure we can say memorable things, which awakened our spirit deeply. We are three individuals and we are sure everyone has this. The remarkable aspect of the band is, that we feel as a band. Yes, we can create unity in the audience, because we are ongoing doing this the Wareikian Way already to ourselves. 

F Haik: Once i took a taxi in my hometown Bremerhaven, because my mum needed her car from the mechanic. The driver played a Monty Alexander Song, which I really enjoyed and i mentioned that to him. He was baffled and on our first get together, he gave me the Rico Rodriguez „Man from Wareika“- Wareika dub… after dancing the whole afternoon to it…. Dancing is one of the most beautiful thing to share. 

What have been the greatest challenges of your career so far?

Disrespect and discrimination are so far out of any awareness culture we are actually working on. How to react to disrespect? The Band Wareika still exists. We are still alive and we can raise humanity by doing music, which is: working for peace. 

How do you work? 

Chaotic. We get up early, chant, pray or do yoga. Our families put our issues secondary, nonetheless we keep up the productive flow. 

What methods do you use and how do ideas come to you?

We love tea: Genmaicha, Sencha. Or a smoky Oolong tea… Cultivating spirit and a workflow with beauty does definitely show results- but are they necessary? We are three people allowing us a spirit of freedom, but we are also strong individual critics. We can pull someone to the ground, when it seems necessary. A good result is connected to all elements – this is the Wareika root, going deep down to the fountain of creativity. 

How would you characterise your compositional language/musical style?

We can be over the top – eclectic, on point and inspirational…. When you are create something new, you have to get out of the positive or negative relationships to words or feelings. And when you are in it and cannot find a word with the vocabulary you have, it is very disturbing and bright at the same time. 

As a musician, what is your definition of success?

Playing at Montreux Jazz Festival 

Playing at Mutek Festival

Playing at Airwaves Festival

Playing at Glastonbury Festival 

What advice would you give to young or aspiring composers?

It is already very hard to accept ourselves, how could we drop something to a young performer? Do the impossible, recreate the forgotten…. A critical read and a passionate listen counts on you by getting involved…to get messy it’s good to clean up, so you are ready for the new start. 

What’s the one thing we’re not talking about in the music industry which you really feel we should be?

The creative loss in the instrumentalization of any kind of music. Do we really work for a distinct format? Mostly yes – and in that way, we have forgotten our main way to go: producing music, which is an expression of culture, of identity. In many traditions the musicians became paid from the people, who paid their tribute to show respect to their own culture-. This kind of organism isn’t that flowing anymore, because we have our own “families” – which tends towards a measurable consumer culture. 

What is your present state of mind?

We are ready to explore…. There is a new place opened in our neighborhood. It was a Cinema- now it has become a club…. You know that feeling of entering a club the first time??? Guess this vibe is something to share. Uh yesss! And in that way, we wish all the courage to the young generation to just go for it and yes- build your future. The whole young generation is totally free of the tragic virus which is causing wars in the world. Let’s listen closer to them and give them much much faster: a voice. 

Wareika’s new album “Tizinabi” is released on the ORNAMENTS label

 

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German trio Wareika comprises electronic musicians Jakob Seidensticker, Florian Schirmacher, and Henrik Raabe have crafted a sublime style that gives more than a nod to their Jazz and Classical backgrounds.